"Technology is a personal decision," said Robert Baker, director of technology at Cincinnati Country Day School. "Every family is going to be a little different."

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To keep students from becoming digitally distracted, CCDS uses software and apps to make learning more fun.

"That's a perfect example of when we would use technology, but you use for 10 minutes and then you put it away and then you go and play," said Jennifer Aquino, CCDS head of lower school.

Aquino oversees classes for children as young as 18 months old, and she recommends that kids under 3 years old get no screen time during the day. For children ages 3 through 8 years old, she recommends no more than 2 hours a day in front of a computer of television screen.

"They're not required to wait as much as we used to have to wait," Aquino said. "We've had to implement time for children to have to learn to wait and be patient because it's just not something that they are naturally exposed to anymore."

The school's head sees an advantage in finding the right mix of willpower and digital knowledge.

"I don't see teenagers have anxiety over this," said Robert Macrae, head of school. "I see them grabbing whatever tool they can and using it really well."